Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The agronomists ’ reports on the spring-sowing campaign reveal a long list of mainly unfulfilled bureaucratic resolutions passed down from Moscow . |
| 2 | Also the carbs on the SD1 V8 engine take a long time to return to idle when you take your foot off the throttle . |
| 3 | The political and economic origins of this approach to soil conservation go a long way to explaining it . |
| 4 | Both orchestra and conductor have a long list of international commitments every year . |
| 5 | At present , we are the only party prepared to grasp the nettle and to recognise that consumers ' interests require both effective competition in the marketplace — the Government have a long way to go before they create that — and effective regulation where the market can not produce a solution . |
| 6 | The frailties of the holiday romance have a long history . |
| 7 | Because she had been reluctant to meet up with Celeste again , she had sat in a public stand a long way away from the private seating , the grid , the pits , but now she raced back towards them . |
| 8 | PRE-FORMED SHAPE Use a long spirit level on and around the pool to mark an outline of the outer edge on the ground , cutting through any turf with a knife |
| 9 | Such associations of sexual deviance and political threat have a long history sedimented into our language and culture . |
| 10 | The Sun is certainly 5000 million years old , and by stellar standards it is no more than middle-aged ; not for another 5000 million years at least will anything drastic happen to it , so that we on Earth have a long reprieve ( unless , of course , we decide to indulge in another major war , which would not destroy the world but would certainly wipe out the human race ) . |